Concrete-tile construction



S. M. SAMPSON.

CONCRETE TILE CONSTRUCTIO APPLICATION FILED APR-18.192].

Patented May 9, 1922.

A TTORNEY same, reference being bad to the accompany SCOTT M. SAMPSON,0!

PATENT OFFICE.

OAKDALE, camrormm'.

CONCRETE-TILE CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may con cern Be it known that I, Soo'r'r M. SAiursoN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Oakdale, county of Stanislaus,State of California, have invented certain new, and useful Improvementsin Concrete-Tile Construction; and Ido declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the ing drawings, and to thecharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisapplication.

, This invention relates to improvements in tile for wall constructionpurposes, and particularly to a type by means of whichma.

double Wall may be built so that an air circulation will be had betweenthe two wallthicknesses.

' The principal object of my inventidn is to provide a tile for thepurpose so designed that with a sin 1e sized tile a strong andsubstantial double wall of any height may be erected, which will bepractically proof against cracking from top to bottom along the lines ofabutment of the tile,'as is so often seen inwalls of this generalcharacter.

A second object is to desi nthe tile relative to each other that doub ewallshaving difi'erent overall thicknesses up to a certain limit may bebuilt up with a common sized tile for'allsuch thicknesses,withoutd'estroyingthe substantial character of the wall, since the tilesof eachwall'thickuess always coact with those of the other thickness.

A third object is to term a tile admirably adapted for silo and similar;circular construction, and to provide means'i'nsuch tile for enablingthe structurete be rigidly bound to ether .with metal reinforcing bands,which will be invisible andwhich cannot become displaced."

A further object is to metal portion, so ,as to break the continuity ofthe concrete or other water absorbing and transmitting material betweenthe two wall thicknesses, so that the'inner wall will be maintained in adry condition irrespective of weather conditions outside. j

furtherobject' of-the-invention i s.-t o 'pro uce a sim lean'dinexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly elfective forthe pur uses which it isesigned. These objects accomplish by means-ofsuch 'stru'cture and relative arrangement o parts aswill fully appear.byaiperusal of the following specification and claims.

Specification of Letters Patent.

form the tile. with a I Patented May 9, 1922.

Application filed April 18, 1921. Serial No. 462,080.

' In'the drawingssimilar characters of ref Fig. 3 isa similar view of atile particu-- laiily adapted for circular structures.

51g. 4 1s a cross section. of a air of such t1l e,*showing the provisionma e for metal reinforcing. bands.

Fig. 5 1s a perspective view of a tile formed with a metal leg orextension,

F 1g. 6 is a fragmentary section taken on allne 6-6 of Fig. 5'.

Fig. 7 is a view of a metal, wall tie.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawln and especially-at this time to Figs. 1 an ,2, the numeral 1denotes the main face of the tile, provided at one end with a rightangled leg 2, thus forming the tile in the shape of the letter L'. Theupper edge of the face 1-is grooved from end to end as at '3 while theunder edge is similarly tongued' as at-4. One end edge of the face 1 iston ued as at 5, while the other end is roove as at 6.

"The upper edge of each eg 2 is grooved as 'at 7, this roove extendingfrom the outer end to a point inalinement with the inner face of thetile, or that face against whichsaidleg terminates. The under edge ofthe.

perspective view of one of the leg is provided with a similarlypositioned tongue 8, but the vertical-edge of said leg,

or that-edge parallel to but farthest fromthe inner tile-face, is plain.

, 'In buildin a double wall with these tile, onerow of t e latter arelaid with the legs 2 projecting inwardly and positioned in similar orderthroughout, so that the legs.

are each positioned a tile apart in the length of the wall, the, tonguesand grooves at the end edges" of thetile being fitted with each other..When one-such row has been laid,

the other wall'thickness may then be laid,

which is preferably done so that the inner face of the tile abut a ofthose now being positioned project t oinst the ends of the- .legs of.the rowalrea y laid, while the legs ward the first laid rowto abutagainst the.

iinner faces thereof and are positioned to lie f intermediate the legsof. said first laid row.

This construction will be clear by referring to the upper end of-Fig. 1.

When this operation is completed, the second outer row may besuperimposed on the under one, this being done in such a manner that thelegs of the upper tile now-being laid rest on and lock withthe legs ofthe inner row previously laid, and so on,

, termined arc, while the leg 2 is radial from At both ends of the tothe top of the wall throughout both thicknesses, thus s'ta gering thevertical abutting joints of the ti es, as shownv in Fig. 1.

1 When the ends of the legs abut against the inner faces of the oppositetilefaces, the Wall is as, narrow as canbe made with a certain sizedtile. the wall thicker, the two rows of tile may be laid furtherapart,whileat'the same time the legs still rest on, each other as heretoforeexplained, thus maintaining the substantial the center of this arc.

' groove 7, the upper edge of the leg is transversely cut away orrecessed as at 9 to a depth equal to that of the groove, while on theunder edge the tongue 8 is cut away from both ends a distance equal tothe width of the recesses at 10, so that when the tile are superimposedon each other inopposed relation, an orifice is formed for the receptionI of a reinforcing band 11, which would extend tely -around thestructure being built with this form of tile.

In the form depicted in Figs. 5 and-6, the' 2" is shortened andisbrought to its normal length by a concrete portion of the leg metalmember 12', preferably hollow so as to minimize the weight, this memberbein laid in the mold when the tile is being forme orpoured', andsecuredtherewith in any suitable manner, as by means of'orifices 13 in the-face of the metal member which abuts 1 against the concrete portion ofthe-leg, and

through which some of the concrete may project. to form a bond, as shownat 14 in i 6. a 'lhis metal section is preferably made of a lengthsuflicient to-insure overlapping of the same with the correspondingmember-of the legs of the adjacent vertical tile, "so that the If it isdesired however to makeber, an integral 'le continuity of the concreteis broken, thus preventing moisture'from seeplng from the outer to theinner wall.

- 1 Should "it be desired to build a solid wall and pour concrete intothe s aces betweenthe; tile, the latter may be. hel from spreadingeither by cross grooves and tongues on the legs 2, as shown at 7 and 8",or metal ties 15 may be laid between the outer and inner rows, the endsof the ties setting in the grooves 6.

From theforegoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the ob ects of I theinvention as set forth herein.'-

While this specification sets forth indetail I I the present andpreferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviationsfrom such detail may be resorted to as do notform a departure from thespirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

.Havin' thus described my invention, what I c aim as new and useful anddesire to secure by LettersPatent, is:-

1. A buildin tile comprising a face member, an integra leg projectingtherefrom, a"

metal member forming the outer end of the leg, and means whereby themetal member may be rigidly fixed to the integral leg without the use ofadditional members;

2. A building tile comprising a face meme projecting therefrom and ahollow meta member forming, the

outer end of the leg, the face of the metal I adjacent the integral. legbeing freel orificed, whereby to 2 receive jtherethroug some of thematerial of the tile to bind the metal to the integ al leg.

I 3. A building ti e comprising a face member,. an integral legprojecting therefrom,

and a' metal member firied' to and forming the outer end of the leg,saidmetal member being open from side to side, whereby hori-' 4. Abuilding tile comprising a face niemi ber, an integral leg projectingtherefrom,

- zontal ai'r passages are formed when a riumber of tile are laid upin-predeterminedre- .lation.

and a 'metalmember fixed to and formingthe'outer end of the leg, saidmetal member being open from-side to'side and the metal adjacent themain leg being freely orificed, wherebytoreceivetherethrough some of thematerial ofthe-tile to'form a binding for the metal member.

In'testimony-whereofI aflix my signature.

soo'r'r Samson-

